The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-24
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CLKAs and cool.
PLEASANT weather.
RIVER falling slowly.
THREE boats leaving today.
| WHITE and st. Francis rivers con.
tinue to fall.
The Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers are falling.
| SEVEN feet OF water Is reported At
Darneil's, above here.
THR packets are all, being brushed
up for the fall trade.
ARKANSAS river continues TO rise
slowly at Fort Smith.
THR City OF Baton Rouge leaves
New Orleans today for st. Louis.
THR Il. M. Norton and bsrges
passed to st. Louis yesterday morning.
The City OF Cairo was expected to
pass here last night on her way 10 st.
Louis.
The new Lee line steamer building
at Paducah will be launched this
morning.
THR Alberta No. 8 Is the regular
packet leaving here this evening for
White river.
The big caieson for the Illinois Cen.
tral bridge at Cairo was safely
launched Saturday morning.
The Will 8. Hays will arrive tonight,
and che Is ths regular packet leaving
htrs tomorrow evening for Arkansas
Ciy.
TnR r. l.. Cobb Is due today from
Arkantas river. II she arrives In time
she will leave again this evening for
that stream.
A CIscIssATI weatherwiss ipdiyid.
ual says thst II Ia probable that there
will be good boating etsge OF water
In the Ohio the latter part OF the culk
rent month and September. "
The lighthouse tender Joseph
Henry left yesterday for New Orleans,
Ga the trip she will make cha ges Ia
lights, pay of the keepers and re-
plenish their supply Of oil, etc.
The City Of Providence, from 81.
Louis, passed 10 Vitksburg yesterday
afternoon with q good trip. She pat
of here 1922 packages OF freight and
added about 10 tons for way points.
The Coshoms, Capt. CIsggett, leaves
here at 3 o'clock this evening for
Helena, Fisrs Point and all bend
sndibgs. av-rrs. WIN. Ashford, Ice
Cummins and George Cunningham are
her clerks.
BoATs are arriving at Cairo short.
handed, by reason OF better Wages
paid on shore. A large number OF
roustabouis are employed at Cape
Girardesu handling railroad ties,
many OF them making from "a to 50
per day.
The Rene Mscresdy, Capt. John y
Higgins, In the Leo line packet leay.
ing mere this evening for Gold Dust,
O,1eols aud all way points on the
upper coast. VIM. Smitber, Bid
Wheeler and Charley Leitwich are
her clerks.
LAST June q negro named John
Thompson was killed NJ the WHAT At
Paducsh, being crashed by q hogshead
Of tobacco which was being taken
from the steamer IjlewiId. Saturday
a suit was fled there by his mother,
asking for $4,000 damag.s The suit
will CONS ~ h, fore the next session
Of Common Peas Ojurt.
A GALKsA, ILL.,, paper says: An
srticle appeared IN the Globs.D smo-
cTat recently b the "a, &C that the hrst
a eambOst that ever usms TO Gslena
Was the Gsneral Putnam, which ~.
rived here In June, 1926 The state.
ment is oontTad cied by Capt. ID. \.
Harris, OF this city, who is thoroughly
posted on the history OF Mississippi
steamboa!ing from tue earliest dnte TO
the present TINS. AocoIdi0g 10 C,pt
Harrie, the fret steamboat that came
10 GAlena was toe Vbginia, when ".
Tiyod he,a In June, 1923 The Viz.
GINA left Pttiburg loaded principally
with government supp les for Fort
SnelIhg x, and on her wiy up 30 the
fort she came into GienA river 10 laod
a email consignment OF freight at Ga.
lena. Alter making a short stop here
she put out Tor Fort Smelling Capt.
Harris arrived In Galena on the Goth
day Of June, 1928, having come here
la keelboat from Cincinnati. A,
he and his party we're polling their
boat up the NJ ssissippi river, the yir.
gi0ia passed them first below 81.
Louis, aud came on 10 Galena, land.
Ing lev days before Capt. Harris and
party arrived. When Capt. Harms
Teschod hers the story Of the arrival
snd departure OF tbs Virginia wal on
the lips Of every Bsttler, 20 II was the
6Ist steamboat that had ever been
seen In these watsrs, ard It's arrival
WAS naturally the subject OF much
comment TIE Virgins was also the
first steamboat that ever passed above
Al.